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News   -   Dec 02, 2025 KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet
KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet

This hearing shows that parental groups and tech lobbyists agree on the broad strokes of what children’s access to the internet should look like.

News   -   Dec 01, 2025 Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination
Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination

Broadly, this new precedent could mean that any faith-based organization now has free license to discriminate based on internal policies. It remains to be seen if this will remain state-wide precedent or be elevated to a SCOTUS case.

Military funding bill includes trans sports bans in military academies, is set to pass
Country US   -   Dec 08, 2025 Military funding bill includes trans sports bans in military academies, is set to pass

The bill would be both the first federal trans sports ban, and also codify sex as only referring to how people were born.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
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Country US   -   Dec 08, 2025 Military funding bill includes trans sports bans in military academies, is set to pass
Military funding bill includes trans sports bans in military academies, is set to pass

The bill would be both the first federal trans sports ban, and also codify sex as only referring to how people were born.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Dec 02, 2025 KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet
KOSA hearing shows broad support for censoring children’s access to the internet

This hearing shows that parental groups and tech lobbyists agree on the broad strokes of what children’s access to the internet should look like.

by Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Dec 01, 2025 Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination
Minnesota Court of Appeals expands legal precedent for faith-based discrimination

Broadly, this new precedent could mean that any faith-based organization now has free license to discriminate based on internal policies. It remains to be seen if this will remain state-wide precedent or be elevated to a SCOTUS case.

by Artemis T. Douglas & Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Dec 01, 2025 Oklahoma: Trans Instructor Suspended After Student Called Her Peers ‘Demonic’ in a Poor Quality Essay Which Cited No Sources
Oklahoma: Trans Instructor Suspended After Student Called Her Peers ‘Demonic’ in a Poor Quality Essay Which Cited No Sources

The suspension appears to be a response to calculated right-wing attacks. By Jane Migliara Brigham Yesterday, a trans instructor at the University of Oklahoma was put on administrative leave following poorly-evidenced complaints of discrimination by a student with deep ties to christian nationalist politics. Last month, Samantha Fulnecky, a junior

by Jane Migliara Brigham
Interview   -   Dec 01, 2025 Interview: Zoey Carter Talks Small Town Progressive Politics
Interview: Zoey Carter Talks Small Town Progressive Politics

by Jane Migliara Brigham Zoey Carter is running for State House in rural Illinois as a progressive.  She spoke to The Needle about her plans for the area, and her work in building there. The original interview has been edited down for time and clarity. Jane: With us today is

by Jane Migliara Brigham
Academia Slaying   -   Nov 25, 2025 HRT Blocked by Red Tape in Florida, Even for People who Still Qualify
HRT Blocked by Red Tape in Florida, Even for People who Still Qualify

We didn’t need a study or cis researchers to learn that; you could’ve just asked us. If trans people had the same resources as these researchers, we could have given you these results years ago.

by Artemis T. Douglas & Jane Migliara Brigham
News   -   Nov 20, 2025 State Department Confirms Denial/Delay of Passports for Trans People
a photo of multiple US passports stacked on top of each other- each has a boarding pass inside it

A State Department spokesperson confirmed that they will deny or delay passport issuance unless and until an applicant provides "sufficient” evidence of their “binary, biological sex at birth.”

by Artemis T. Douglas
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